Cardiology

Merit Medical to Present At Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference (PrimeNewswire)

yahoo.com     14 hrs ago          

Thursday August 21, 9:30 am ET SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Aug. 21, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGS:MMSI - News ), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in...                    

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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Won't Cause Cancer (HealthDay)

health.yahoo.com     yesterday   11 related          

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- "The bottom line is that there is no evidence from this work, the largest study published to date, that the cholesterol-lowering ability of statins increases the risk of cancer," said Dr....                    

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Finding the "Lost" Survivors of Congenital Heart Defects: Stanford Hospital & Clinics Program...

earthtimes.org     yesterday   2 related          

STANFORD, Calif. - Hand a napkin to Jim Wong, and he can quickly diagram the four things that are wrong with his heart. Between sips of coffee, he chats casually about how surgeons implanted one artificial valve, repaired a...                    

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Angioplasty Through Wrist May Be Safer

news4jax.com     yesterday   55 related          

Using Veins In Arm May Be Safer Than From Thigh WASHINGTON -- About 1 million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in...                    

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Benefis undergoes $400 million expansion

montanasnewsstation.com     yesterday          

Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls is about to get another new addition. The hospital is undergoing a $400 million expansion during the next ten years, including the nearly completed new patient tower, cardiology unit and soon,...                    

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Wrist Better Than Groin For Angioplasty?

koco.com     yesterday          

Using Veins In Arm May Be Safer Than From Thigh WASHINGTON -- About 1 million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in...                    

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[Original Articles] Transtelephonic Home Blood Pressure to Assess the Monoamine Oxidase-B...

ahajournals.org     20-Aug-2008          

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors are associated with dietary tyramine interactions that can induce hypertensive crises. Rasagiline mesylate is a novel irreversible selective monoamine oxidase type B inhibitor for Parkinson disease...                    

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Small birth size linked to changes in the cardiovascular system that predispose to later disease

physorg.com     23-Jul-2008   20 related          

Researchers have found the first evidence that smaller size at birth is associated with specific alterations in the functioning of the heart and circulation in children and that these changes differ between boys and girls.                    

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Heart disease is linked to worse mental processes that, in turn, predict the onset of dementia

physorg.com     23-Jul-2008   12 related          

Coronary heart disease is associated with a worse performance in mental processes such as reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency, according to a study of 5837 middle-aged Whitehall civil servants. The study also found that...                    

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Sleep Apnea Linked to Night Heart Attacks (HealthDay)

yahoo.com     23-Jul-2008   8 related          

By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter 6 minutes ago TUESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 a.m. and noon, Somers said. "About 10 years ago, we showed that obstructive sleep...                    

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